White and Black Slaves from New Orleans

Artist Myron H. Kimball (American, born 1825)

Date1863

MediumAlbumen carte-de-visite

DimensionsImage and sheet: 3 1/8 × 2 1/16 inches (7.94 × 5.24 cm)
Mount: 3 5/8 × 2 1/4 inches (9.21 × 5.72 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3841

SignedAttribution on mount recto, bottom, in black type: "PHOTOGRAPHED BY KIMBALL, 477 BROADWAY, N.Y."

InscribedOn mount recto, bottom, in black type: "WHITE AND BLACK SLAVES / FROM NEW ORLEANS."

MarkingsOn mount verso, center, in blue type: "The nett proceeds from the sale of the photographs / will be devoted to the education of colored / people in the Department of the Gulf, now under the / command of Maj.-Gen Banks."

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DescriptionImage of woman with her hands clasped standing between two children, a boy and a girl. The woman is wearing a long coat with a scarf and gloves.

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